{"id":10031,"date":"2024-10-08T00:23:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T00:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10031"},"modified":"2024-10-08T00:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T00:23:47","slug":"video-cardinals-kyler-murray-launches-call-of-duty-partnership-qb-thanks-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=10031","title":{"rendered":"Video: Cardinals&#8217; Kyler Murray Launches Call of Duty Partnership; QB Thanks &#8216;Trolls&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray announced Monday he&#8217;s now an official partner for the Call of Duty video game franchise ahead of Black Ops 6&#8217;s release on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">The two-time Pro Bowler credited &#8220;the trolls who memed me into a bag.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To the trolls who memed me into a bag, thank you!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m officially launching my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallofDuty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CallofDuty<\/a> partnership! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CODPartnership?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CODPartnership<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheReplacer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheReplacer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackOps6?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackOps6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JwpZKxSzYo\">pic.twitter.com\/JwpZKxSzYo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyler Murray (@K1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K1\/status\/1843351187170673149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Murray&#8217;s dedication\u2014or lack thereof\u2014away from the field was a talking point almost immediately after news of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/29036\/kyler-murray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$230.5 million<\/a>\u00a0extension broke in 2022. A reported &#8220;homework&#8221; clause was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/2022\/07\/29\/kyler-murray-homework-clause-steve-keim-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">briefly included<\/a>\u00a0in the deal and it required him to spend a specified amount of time working on his craft away from practice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Internet sleuths then claimed to find evidence pointing to how the 27-year-old&#8217;s performance declined during the same weekends when Call of Duty awarded gamers double or triple XP. There was supposedly a similar trend that followed when the newest games in the franchise were released.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A statistical analysis of NFL Quarterback Kyler Murray&#8217;s performance shows that he plays worse when there&#8217;s active Double XP weekends happening in Call of Duty. There were rumors stating that they he played a lot of Call of Duty, even during the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/47sI8lwN8u\">https:\/\/t.co\/47sI8lwN8u<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PcBMs33RcY\">pic.twitter.com\/PcBMs33RcY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlieINTEL\/status\/1554547264391155713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A user analyzed Kyler Murray\u2019s performance on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CallofDuty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CallofDuty<\/a> 2XP\/3XP weekends and it\u2019s tough to see <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SoalbvmdDu\">pic.twitter.com\/SoalbvmdDu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedditCFB\/status\/1554477452327632897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Someone graphed Kyler Murray\u2019s average career fantasy points, then marked when the new Call of Duty game comes out ever year \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxVVJXx5eK\">pic.twitter.com\/SxVVJXx5eK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Ledbetter \u2600\ufe0f (@SportsDSD_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsDSD_\/status\/1552344378651250688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Perhaps this will be the ultimate test of the theory because Murray is on pace for a career year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Through five games, he has thrown for 972 yards, seven touchdowns and two interceptions. His 66.4 QBR ranks sixth in the league, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/qbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN.com<\/a>. He remains an effective runner in his first full season back from a torn ACL as well with 247 yards and one score on the ground.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray announced Monday he&#8217;s now an official partner for the Call of Duty video game franchise ahead of Black Ops 6&#8217;s release on Oct. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10033,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10031\/revisions\/10033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}